April 25, 2015 (Program No. 874)A Man Is A Mean, Mean Thing — Barbara Perry
Funky Street — Arthur Conley
Greasy Two By Four — George Jackson
Greasy Pumpkin — The Pac-Keys
Soul Finger — The Bar-Kays
Raise Your Hand — Eddie Floyd
I Got The Feeling — Eddie Hinton
Sweet-P Crawl — The Mar-Keys
Soul Sanction — Booker T. & The MGs
Buying A Book — Joe Tex
Hung Over — The Martinis
You Better Move On — Arthur Alexander
Green Onions — Booker T. & The MGs
Suspicious Minds — Elvis Presley
Life Has Its Little Ups and Downs — Charlie Rich
I’ll Take You there — The Staple Singers**Notes: All music from Memphis, Nashville and Muscle Shoals with author Charles L. Hughes discussing his book, Country Soul. Making Music and Making Race in the American South (UNC Press).
April 18, 2015 (Program No. 873)Ball of Confusion — The Temptations
Flat Tire — Albert King
Your Love Was Strange — The Dramatics
90 Days Sam As Cash — The Bo-Keys
Take Me To The River — Bernie Worrell & Steve Kimock
A Joyful Process — Funkedelic
You’re Taking Up Another Man’s Place — Little Feat
It Tears Me Up — Percy Sledge
Take Time To Know Her — Percy Sledge
Warm And Tender Love — Percy Sledge
Out Of Left Field — Percy Sledge
I’ll Be Your Everything — Percy Sledge
Laughing and Clowning — Bobby Womack & Percy Sledge
True Love Travels On A Gravel Road — Percy Sledge
Cover Me — Percy Sledge
Many Rivers To Cross — Percy Sledge
To Whom It May Concern — Ellerine Harding
Vision of Rassan — Eric Burdon & War
Everything Good Is Bad — Mofro
Beaufort Blues — The Pazant Brothers
Help Your Brothers — Cross Bronx Expressway
What More Can I Ask For — Betty Gouche
It’s A Rat Race — The Leaders
Scorpio — Kashmere Stage Band
Compared To What — Mushroom & Gary Floyd
Sock It To Me — The Deacons**Notes: Tributes to Bernie Worrell who turns 71 on April 19 and the late Percy Sledge who passed away on April 14 at the age of 74. Program dedicated to the memory of James Velvet, host of The Local Bands Show on WPLR for 28 years, who passed away April 17 at age 65.

Ball of Confusion — Temptations
The Devil You Know — Mofro
Get A Job — Greyboy Allstars
Bullitt — Louis Jordang
Out On The Road Again — Danny Green
Sitting On A Tongue — Grodeck Whipperjenny
I’ve Been Working — Bob Seger
Work To Do — Isley Brothers
Get Up Jake — The Band
Keeping Up With The Joneses — Little Feat
Go For Yourself — The Meters
Gumbo — Santana
Whatcha Gonna Do — Azteca
Spanish Grease — Willie Bobo
Batuka>No One To Depend On — Santana
The Working Man — Creedence Clearwater Revival
Wet & Satisfied — Bill Doggett
Love Will Find A Way — Jimmy Ponder
Time Machine — Chocolate Milk
A Day In The Life — Chocolate Snow
Work Song — Paul Butterfield Blues Band
In And Out Of Love — The Rascals
See — The Rascals
I’ve Been Working — Van Morrison
Foot Pumping — The Organics
Milk — The Basic
Bumpin’ On Sunset — Harold Young & The Magnificents
Salt Of The Earth — Rolling Stones**Note: Labor Day weekend, so work-themed music throughout.

For What It’s Worth — The Staple Singers
Can You Get To That — Mavis Staples
Love’s Sweet Sensation — William Bell & Mavis Staples
Why Am I Treated So Bad — Staple Singers
We The People — Staple Singers
Master’s of War — Staple Singers
Give A Damn — Staple Singers
The Challenge — Staple Singers
Opus De Soul — Pops Staples, Steve Cropper & Albert King
Freedom Highway — Staple Singers
I’ll Play The Blues For You — Albert King
Lonely Man — Albert King
Goin’ Back To Iuka — Albert King
Blues at Sunrise — Albert King
Homer’s Theme — Albert King
Feel Like Breaking Up Someone’s Home — Albert King*Note: Interview with author Greg Kot who discussed his book “I’ll Take You There: Mavis Staples, The Staple Singers, And The March Up Freedom’s Highway” and tribute to Albert King who was born 91 years ago on April 25.

Ball of Confusion — The Temptations
Gonna Have A Good Time — David Camon
Whatcha Say — The Meters
Time Is Winding Up — Dorothy Norwood
Blues With A Feeling — Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Swing With It — Steelyard Blues Soundtrack
Stop — Al Kooper & Michael Bloomfield
Susie’s Shuffle — The Electric Flag
Like A Rolling Stone (instrumental) — Bob Dylan
Do You Want To Win — The Impressions
King Heroin — James Brown
Root Down — Jimmy Smith
Back On The Streets — Tower of Power
Home Is Where The Hatred Is — Esther Phillips
Baby Workout — Jackie Wilson
Shop Talk — Cold Blood
Reelin’ With The Feeling — Charles Kynard
Get It Together — Rudy Rahm
Cloud 9 — The Temptations
Caravan — Rev Tor
Don’t Do It — Rev Tor
Last Night — The Mar-Keys
Adrian’s Birthday — The Rascals